Dent in Mounted Photo

[MerpsMom]

This is the stuff that sends you crazy nuts. You inspect, touch, wipe, clean....then do it again before drymounting the pic, but no.ooo...0! One danged grain of something dents the front.

Any remedies that won't make it worse? We used to try to "ditch" out the substrate from the back and gently raise the dent but that almost gives me hives thinking of the possibilities. Rewarm? Anything?

Cathie

 

[FramerCat]

It may depend on a lot of things like the type of drymount tissue/film, and how the photo is printed, but if it is reversible tissue you can reheat it and carefully remove it. Be patient and good luck.

Ed

 

[GrumbleMike2]

long been dreaming of something like a dent puller suction cup or a vacuum press with 4hp

 

[CB Art & Framing]

If it gets glass I wouldn't worry.

 

[MerpsMom]

I used what I believe is Single Step. (When one stocks a lot of different boards and one's "helpers" mix them, one is confused.) Anyway, it's the heat-activated foamboard which leaves a residue on the release sheet if left unshielded.

All that aside, I recall that we used to "ditch" out the f/c from the back and gently push up the dent. Well, all righty then. No.

They'll just have to live with it. It's a nice, big beach pic of daughter, SIL, and grandson and they're getting it free.....so there. Heck, I even put non-glare on it...and that took a leap as I don't like that at all...and you can still see it. Crud.

But I do like to do these things once in awhile just so I remember why I don't much care for dry-mounting. Whatever stuff I have to do now will probably be on Kool-Tack.

Cathie

 

[Z David]

Cathie,
I had the very same problem occur last week after I had dried everything in my vacuum press, I carefully inspected everything before before preceding.
I even used a new-clean pristine piece of release paper!
I still ended up with a tiny embossed point in it when I was done. I used 3/16" foam board... I'm now wondering if that's not part of the problem.
Would it be better to use gator board for many mounting jobs? Or at least when mounting work on photo paper?



Z

 

[Puppyraiser]

...and that took a leap as I don't like that at all...and you can still see it. Crud...

You can see it, but will a layman see it?

 

[Ylva]

What Ellen said! What we framers see is not what the normal average person sees.

Not sure where in the photo it is?

 

[kuluchicken]

Cathie,
I had the very same problem occur last week after I had dried everything in my vacuum press, I carefully inspected everything before before preceding.
I even used a new-clean pristine piece of release paper!
I still ended up with a tiny embossed point in it when I was done. I used 3/16" foam board... I'm now wondering if that's not part of the problem.
Would it be better to use gator board for many mounting jobs? Or at least when mounting work on photo paper?



Z

I don't use foam boards for that exact reason. I' believe it's more prone to damage that a firmer board.

 

[DesignsInk]

I used what I believe is Single Step. (When one stocks a lot of different boards and one's "helpers" mix them, one is confused.) Anyway, it's the heat-activated foamboard which leaves a residue on the release sheet if left unshielded.
All that aside, I recall that we used to "ditch" out the f/c from the back and gently push up the dent. Well, all righty then. No.
They'll just have to live with it. It's a nice, big beach pic of daughter, SIL, and grandson and they're getting it free.....so there. Heck, I even put non-glare on it...and that took a leap as I don't like that at all...and you can still see it. Crud.
But I do like to do these things once in awhile just so I remember why I don't much care for dry-mounting. Whatever stuff I have to do now will probably be on Kool-Tack.
Cathie

Cathie,
Is this a pinhole type of indent or a penny size indent? The pinholes are not dirt or residue but an occasional quirk of foam center materials. Mechanical press might have been set too tight, if vacuum there is no excuse. This large image is most likely a digital of some kind. There are HA boards that do not transfer anything to the release paper or platen--that said, you should always use release material to protect your press. There is a new product just out this month from Gilman Brothers called MountCor which is the lowest temperature board at 130F, 2 minutes in a vacuum system. At this extremely low temperature it mounts ALL digitals safely--even thermographic tickets and solid ink--in all presses at any length of time. I have tested this product and it's even better than they say. Chris Paschke